This article describes how telecommunication has a strategic role in national development, which requires a large amount of funding in Indonesia, in spite of the limited financial support from the government. The dynamics of telecommunication law has provided a clear direction, from monopoly to...

In this paper, the authors present a case study that aims to apply some sound MCDM techniques in the case of Economic Intelligence (EI) and show how the use of strategic information may help deciders to choose among geographic locations in which they could settle their investments. In this...

We analyzes the optimal asset allocation problem for life insurers that are required to cope with significant background risks originating from life insurance businesses among a set of stochastic investment opportunities including foreign equities. The insurer is assumed to maximize the expected...

The choice of targets for terrorist attacks is often considered to be random or illogical. In other cases targets are seen as being chosen for their symbolic importance to the audience the terrorists are seeking to reach or to indicate that no area of the country is safe. Terrorist groups,...

Marketing institutions emerge and evolve in response to changes in the marketing environment. Describes such changes in one of North America′s most vital areas of marketing – automobiles. One of the institutions that have evolved in response to these changes is auto auctions. Understanding...

Presents the findings of an exploratory study into the motives and experiences of British firms participating in international joint ventures in Hungary. A great deal of foreign direct investment has been taking place in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. To date, little research...

Recent studies on the welfare implications of internationally mobile capital for a country employing commercial policy have been restricted to constant‐returns‐to‐scale (CRS) production models. It is generally concluded that the pursuit of such policies is welfare‐decreasing under CRS...

Analyses the influence of export share and domestic content policies on the level of capital investment undertaken by a multinational firm both in its home country and in the foreign country in which it operates. These protective policies, in force in both developing and industrialized...

Examines how the locational choice of foreign direct investment (FDI) is influenced by regional characteristics in mainland China, such as the potential for market share extension, labour cost differences, allocative efficiency, transportation infrastructure, and research and development...

Attempts to incorporate the “new forms” of foreign investment into a unified model. Uses this simple model to show how differences in production environment in particular, are likely to affect both the timing and mode(s) that any foreign investment is likely to take. The explanatory...